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    Fuel Subsidy Removal: Don’t Aggravate Nigerians’ Poor Condition, FENRAD Urges Buhari, NNPC

    Famous ReportersBy Famous ReportersNovember 27, 2021No Comments6 Mins Read
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    Fuel Subsidy Removal: Don’t Aggravate Nigerians’ Poor Condition, FENRAD Urges Buhari, NNPC

    By Charity Uwakwe

    Foundation for Environmental Rights Advocacy and Development, FENRAD, has warned sternly the federal government of Nigeria, against any act capable of causing unwarranted increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, (PMS) otherwise known as petroleum.

    FENRAD, through her Executive Director, lamented that further scarcity of PMS either orchestrated by hoarding or scarcity of the product by the federal government, a perceived ploy to make the people suffer, would undoubtedly, exacerbate the already piteous state of living of Nigerians.

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    It could be recalled that the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, had on November 23, disclosed that the federal government would remove fuel subsidies by 2022 and replace them with N5000-a-month transportation grant to the poorest Nigerians.

    However, in a release jointly signed by Comrade Nelson Nnanna Nwafor and Barr. Akande Femisi,
    Executive Director FENRAD Nigeria and Head Corporate Accountability and Human Rights Enforcement, respectively, the Human and Environmental Rights Advocacy group kicked vehemently against the perceived gimmicks to increase the price of the product to over ₦380.

    FENRAD, amidst dismay, though admitted that the abnormality had existed prior to the APC’s administration, regretted that the latter had aggravated the penurious state of the country and her citizenry.

    “The problem, though did not start under the current dispensation, got worsened under its watch. If the administration had lived up to the campaign promise of fixing the refineries, Nigeria would not be here today. But rather than fix the refineries or build new ones serviceable, the administration with the president and Commander-in-chief, as its p oketroleum Minister has remained almost visionless with nobody knowing whether it intends to concession the refineries, revamp or in their place build new ones.

    Below is the release in detail:

    PMS SCARCITY COULD MEAN PRICE HIKE, FENRAD FEARS, WARNS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND NNPC

    Given the recent scarcity of premium motor spirit (PMS), commonly known as ”fuel” in Nigeria, Foundation for Environmental Rights Advocacy and Development, FENRAD, a pro-democracy, human and environmental rights advocacy group calls on the federal government and its Corporation, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC to desist, at least in the time being, from any act capable of causing increase in the price of the essential item (oil), including hoarding.

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    This fear, FENRAD says, becomes even more palpable after the product recently became scarce Some weeks ago.

    FENRAD recalls that there was a plot to increase the price of the product to over ₦380 allegedly by the Governors Forum which the NNPC did not accept then, a plot which now becomes relatable whenever the position on oil subsidy removal is made.

    Also, the Corporation’s group managing director had hinted at possible deregulation or total subsidy removal in March during the fifth edition of the so-called Ministerial briefings coordinated by the presidential communications team.

    At that March forum, the NNPC Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari stated that at the real and landing cost of ₦234 (subsidised at ₦162), the federal government, supplying 60 million litres of the product daily, loses ₦120 billion monthly and that such amount lost was higher than monies/numbers allocated to education and healthcare.

    This, FENRAD recalls, came after the move to increase the price of the product was made known to Nigerians by Timiprie Silva, the state minister of petroleum, in January.

    While FENRAD does not totally reject the idea of deregulation, the Foundation does not want that process staggered or rushed. Ab initio, the APC-led federal government had told Nigerians that subsidy regime was over and that under its watch a new regime known as “under-recovery payment” was the standard.

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    But sadly, as FENRAD learns, the only thing different with the new regime was that NNPC only acquired the power to now play the role of independent marketers in supplying the product!

    It should be recalled also that one of the foreshadows and harbingers of petrol price increase in Nigeria has always been artificial or total scarcity, so FENRAD worries whether the current scarcity of the product is connected with the plans to deregulate the petroleum subsector at a time when Nigerians can hardly cope.

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    Subsidy removal is not bad, according to FENRAD, but should be done when suitable and sufferable. This was exactly the position the APC, then playing opposition, canvassed when the government of Goodluck Jonathan attempted to remove subsidy by January, 2012.

    Today, APC led Government has done and is doing nothing entirely different except renaming the regime “under-recovery payment”!

    FENRAD also decries the increase in the price of domestic/cooking gas, a commodity whose price is shooting above the ceiling.

    Families are bearing the brunt at a time when elsewhere governments are making life liveable and fair to citizens.

    “The problem, though did not start under the current dispensation, got worsened under its watch. If the administration had lived up to the campaign promise of fixing the refineries, Nigeria would not be here today. But rather than fix the refineries or build new ones serviceable, the administration with the president and Commander-in-chief, as its petroleum minister has remained almost visionless with nobody knowing whether it intends to concession the refineries, revamp or in their place build new ones.

    This is not the best of times to increase the price of the product as the purchasing power of Nigerians is still sharply on the decline.

    FENRAD, having followed the petroleum subsector, wishes to remind the government that a phased and planned regime of gradual subsidy removal is better than what the public fears and suspects: an outright and sudden removal in a time like this, which comes with a heavy  burden on the starving masses.

    Signed;

    Comrade Nelson Nnanna Nwafor
    Executive Director FENRAD Nigeria

    Barr. Akande Femisi
    Head Corporate Accountability and Human Rights Enforcement

    Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy & Development (FENRAD Nigeria

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